Distributing access to a document from a processing system includes sending or pushing a reference for a document within a repository to a storage area of a recipient system of a recipient to enable retrieval of the document from the repository. The reference is removed from the storage area of the recipient system of the recipient in response to an expiration of the document.
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1. A computer-implemented method of distributing access to a document comprising: pushing a reference for a document selected within a repository for a recipient to a designated folder in a document management structure of a storage area of a recipient system of the recipient, wherein the reference includes a link to the document; retrieving the document from the repository and providing access to the document by the recipient system in response to actuation of the link from the designated folder of the recipient system; and removing the reference from the designated folder of the storage area of the recipient system in response to occurrence of an expiration of the document, wherein the expiration indicates a duration the link is available to access the document.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising: sending a notification to the recipient in response to the pushing of the reference to the storage area of the recipient system.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the storage area includes a favorites folder.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising: sending a notification in response to retrieval of the document by the recipient.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the expiration includes an expiration date.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the reference for the document is pushed by a content management system.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the recipient system is unable to reject the reference for the document prior to the retrieval of the document.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising: partitioning the document into a plurality of segments, wherein a portion of the document including one or more of the plurality of segments is designated for the recipient, and wherein the reference includes a unique reference to indicate the one or more segments of the document to retrieve for the recipient.
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